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Holy Crap! Have you seen the new iPhone!
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Posted on: January 9, 2007 1:35 PM, by David Ng
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Wow! If anything makes me finally get a cell phone - this is it!
Posted by: coturnix | January 9, 2007 1:50 PM
Huh. So does this mean widescreen video on the iPod now?
Wait-- is that a touchscreen?
Posted by: Coin | January 9, 2007 2:17 PM
BWAHAHAHA! Everyone else is locked into a contract because they *had* to have a RAZR, "Look at ERV with her ancient phone!" they laughed!
But I will be free and clear to upgrade in June WHOOOO! HAHAHAHA! And Im with Cingular! SWEET!
I am way too excited...
Posted by: ERV | January 9, 2007 2:23 PM
It claims to be running OSX -- can that be true? If so, if it's not crippled, then it's a general purpose computer.
THAT would be a tool to have. But how could they allow someething like that to get out? It would be revolutionary. And Apple's now big business.
I wonder if it's going to function as a decent way to read text --- if so I can finally retire my old Sony Clie that I carry everywhere loaded with books.
Too bad Cingular has such lousy coverage, their system isn't picked up at a lot of the places I go in the mountains and Verizon's is available.
Posted by: Hank Roberts | January 9, 2007 2:31 PM
Hank-- don't see why it couldn't be true it's running OS X. They've got a nice big hard drive just sitting there, and Apple's new "universal binary" dealie means that they don't necessarily need to even be running an x86 processor on this thing.
Posted by: Coin | January 9, 2007 2:42 PM
Ah, I can see I'll have even more trouble next time I'm due for a cellphone replacement as I try to explain that I want a cell phone in order to ... don't get ahead of me here ... make phone calls. :-)
Some nifty-sounding technology though ...
Posted by: Scott Belyea | January 9, 2007 2:55 PM
Look at the picture. It looks enormous (and not just because it dwarf's Steve Jobs standing next to it). I need to handle one before I know whether I want it. How heavy is it? How durable is it? Will the touch screen end up covered with fingerprints?
And damn it, I wanted an unlocked phone. A year contract with Cingular? Blechhhh. If it's really good though, I'd consider getting it anyway.
Posted by: Mark M | January 9, 2007 3:31 PM
OK, I'm sold.
I notice the share price went up nearly 10% on the early buzz.
Posted by: Gerard Harbison | January 9, 2007 4:03 PM
honestly, i don't really see what the big deal is. really. its super expensive and doesn't do anything very well except look pretty. 8/ and it's a TWO year contract with cingular.
Posted by: cephyn | January 9, 2007 6:44 PM
Well Cingular has great coverage in Oklahoma! WHOOO!!!
Current tally of good things about Oklahoma: 1
Posted by: ERV | January 9, 2007 8:33 PM